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English Translation
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Ma theid mise tuilleadh a Leodhas nam cruineag
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If I ever go again to Lewis of the maidens
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Ma theid mise tuilleadh a dh'innis nam laoch
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If I ever go again to the island of heroes
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Ma theid mi ri m'bheo dh'eilean Leodhais nam morbhe
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If ever in this life I travel to Lewis of the highlands
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Cha till mi ri 'm bheo as gun ordugh an righ
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I shall not return unless under the king's order
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Mu dheireadh an t-samhraidh, 's ann thainig mi nall as
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I left towards the end of summer
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Bha'n teas orm trom, anns an am bhithinn sgith
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The heat was exhausting and I was weary
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Ag iasgath an sgadain a shamhradh 's a dh'earrach
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Fishing herring all spring and summer
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'S a Bhruaich 's arm an Sealtuinn 's an Arcarch nan tac
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In Fraserburgh and Orkney of the
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Bidh sgiobair a' stiuireadh 'n a chartabhas duinte
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The skipper steers in his canvas enclosure
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'S bidh is gu siubhlach a rusgadh nan tonn
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As she glides gracefully over the sea
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An fhairge 'n a cabhadh mu ghuallainn an fhasgaidh
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The sea swirls on the leeward side
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'S na glinn a dol seachad 's a hailleard a' diosc
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As pass the glens with the halyard crack
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'Nuair theid air an fheasgar 's a ruigear am banca
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When in the evening we reach the bank
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'S a gheibhear le cabhaig a mach aisd na lin
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And the nets are hurriedly unloaded
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Nuair theid sinn thar bord aist a steach do'n taigh-osda
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We go ashore and retire to the inn
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'S gun tarruing sinn stopa le oran math gaoil
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Where we draw and measure to accompaniment of
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Ma theid mise tuilleadh a Leodhas nam cruineag
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If I ever go again to Lewis of the maidens
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Ma theid mise tuilleadh a dh'innis nam laoch
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If I ever go again to the island of heroes
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Ma theid mi ri m'bheo dh'eilean Leodhais nam morbhe
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If ever in this life I travel to Lewis of the highlands
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Cha till mi ri 'm bheo as gun ordugh an righ
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I shall not return unless under the king's order
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